Sony KDL20S2030 Reviews: Bravia, 20" Screen LCD HD Ready TV

Also known as: SONY KDL-20S2020, SONY KDL-20S2030, SonyKDL20S2030U, KDL20S2020, SONY KDL20S203, Sony KDL20S2020U, Sony KDL20S2030U, Sony KDL20S2030WU, Sony 20in, Sony Bravia, Sony Bravia KDL20S2030

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Score: 8.9/10

123 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This Television scored high on sound quality. It has no outstanding negative points. “We wanted a compact hd tv with dvb and this sony offered the quality we wanted at…” Chris, Camberley View all 123 real customer reviews

Product Details

1 HDMI port, 2 Scarts More »

Real customer reviews

123 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
97% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (123)
Design9.1
Ease of use8.9
Image quality9.1
Sound quality8.6
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.3
Overall rating8.9
 

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Score 8.0/10

Chris, Camberley

+ We wanted a compact HD TV with DVB and this Sony offered the quality we wanted at a reasonable price.

- The styling is very bland.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

Andrew, Arundel

+ Excellent and clear visual quality, especially in HD with and HDMI DVD player. Feels and looks solid.

- None.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Dec 2006

Score 10.0/10

Stuart, Yeovil

+ Picture outstanding, stylish design, ease of operation, low power consumption.

- None

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Feb 2007

Score 10.0/10

John, Lancaster

+ Easy to setup.

- Slight blurring with fast images

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Feb 2007

Score 10.0/10

Dale, Telford

+ Picture & sound quality excellent. Very pleasing design. This size of TV was exactly what I was looking for in a caravan.

- Having to purchase a seperate Card CAM for TOP-UP TV.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Apr 2007

Score 8.0/10

Stephen, Newcastle upon Tyne

+ Easy to set up and looks good. Integrated digital tuner.

- Cost.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great picture quality and sound. Good value for money.

- None.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Ian, Chichester

+ Excellent picture, integrated digital receiver & HD ready. Good sound quality for internal speakers. Good TV guide menu.

- Some features, such as timer are buried behind a large number of menu's and sub menu's - Also text is extremely small on some menu's - Not for those with poor eyesight!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Feb 2007

Score 8.0/10

alan, Maresfield

+ Looks, size and the fact the speakers are on the bottom making siting of easier.

- Takes an age to coms on from start and is not very quick to change stations as you have to wait for the blue update band to disappear!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Peter, Braintree

+ Its a Sony, you always expect and get quality. If I could afford it, all my TVs would be Sony.

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Nov 2006

Score 10.0/10

Dominic, Oldham

+ This 'TV' represents excellent value for money.

- None.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Oct 2006

Score 10.0/10

angela, liverpool

+ i bought this as a present for my son as i have already got one. easy to set up, good picture quality and sound. variety of freeview channels. neat and compact without too much wire.

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ excellent picture quality, easy to set up and use.

- sound could be better and tv does seem to heat up quickly

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Andy, Stalybridge, Cheshire

+ Good design, easy to use, it's a Sony! Very good value for money

- Menus are a bit fiddly, picture quality not up to the standard of it's bigger brothers

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Paul, Southport

+ Super picture. Puts our main Samsung LCD TV in the lounge to shame.
Excellent sound for such a small unit.

- Probably the most expensive 20" LCD TV on the market (it's in the same price range as other manufacturers 26" LCD TVs) but it is probably the best.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Clive, Stratford Upon Avon

+ Good looking set

- Not sure there are any

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Stuart, Dunblane

+ Nice design, simple to tune, digital tuner included, compact size

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Built in freeview
Very easy to tune

- None experienced

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good design and a bgi plus was the colour of the tv - being silver.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Nov 2006

Score 8.0/10

Chris, Hemel Hempstead

+ Great picture and easy to set-up

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jan 2007

Score 9.0/10

Brian, Peterborough

+ Elegant TV with great picture from 1.8ms ie the end of the bed

- Quite slow to change channels using freeview

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Dec 2006

Score 9.0/10

Michael, Blackburn

+ Good picture and TV appearance. Easy set-up just switch on and go. Versatile with tilt base and wide viewing angle.

- Digital tuner may not be the best but we have a very weak signal and most of the time the reception is good - just a few blocks.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Ian, Horsham

+ Good Sony Product

- None to speak of

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Apr 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellent picture quality and sound; good looks.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Apr 2007

Score 10.0/10

Mark, Oxford

+ A great picture with built in freeview. All the connections you would need from a small screen LCD. Quite a heavy RRP price but readily available at a considerable discount making this a great choice for a bedroom TV.

- None really. If I had to be picky I would say that the Freeview menus are not particularly fast to navigate and there is a very faint sound from the TV when it is off. Certainly nothing to stop this television being a superb all rounder.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Sep 2007

Score 8.0/10

Phil, Wolverhampton

+ Simple to set up & good looking set with good picture quality & sound

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Oct 2007

Score 9.0/10

Alan, Paisley

+ Easy to use, good connectivity

- sometimes changes screen size settings

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Alan, London

+ Compact design, comprehensive set of connections

- No audio output jacks

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Size - picture

- Keeps going out of tune on 2 particular programs

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Sony ~ picture and sound excellent ~ HDMI plus built in Freeview.

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Aug 2007

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Sony name & picture

- Sound

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ stylies good design good sound and pic

- hve to watch the same digital channel you are recording

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good design
Excellent picture
Best in black

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Sep 2007

Score 8.0/10

pedro, Isle of Wight

+ Steady, clear picture on digital with excellent contrast and highlights. Sound fairly rich and detailed, but rather two-dimensional; needs external speakers for best effect. Good reception and clarity on digital radio stations ( a pleasant bonus when working and distraction of visuals not wanted). Appears to be soundly engineered - first set of this kind so nothing to compare with in terms of materials and durability. Sets up easily. Good to have 2 scarts and hdmi. Hope it will be worth the extra money!

- Rear a/v connections can be fiddly. Analogue picture can be slightly 'wet' and smeary, not great on sports.
Menu not the easiest.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Nov 2007

Score 8.0/10

John, Alsager

+ Twin tuners Analogue & Digital. All the imputs techies would desire. High resolution and good reponse time.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Chris, Essex

+ Superb picture

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Trevor, Spilsby

+ Design and ease of use. Brilliant Picture and good sound.

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ excellent picture-nice product

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Extremely good quality. Easy to set up Great picture

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Dennis, Leigh

+ Easy to set up

- None to speak of.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Roger, Felixstowe

+ Excellent picture quality

- None

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purchased 16 Nov 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ excellent product and value for money

- none

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purchased 17 Jan 2007

Score 7.0/10

Robert, Walsall

+ Excellent design

- Input and output ports difficult to access at rear.

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purchased 21 Jan 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ High quality picture, easy to set-up, intuitive controls

- info screen doesn't stay up for long enough to read - unless there's an adjustment I haven't discovered...

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purchased 02 Dec 2006

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ great picture quality, HD and freeview in only 20" but frustrating see below

- after selecting channel the delay of 2-3 seconds can be annoying when looking for something to view

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purchased 03 Feb 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Style and ease of use

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 27 Nov 2006

Score 8.0/10

Brian, Wainfleet

+ picture quality - pc input

- sound quality

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purchased 12 Jan 2007

Score 9.0/10

Rich, Northwich

+ Generally excellent picture quality, particularly at distances of over 4 feet.

- You need to play around with the colour balance, the presets aren't perfect to my eye.

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purchased 06 Jan 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ one of the best products on the market today

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 09 Feb 2007

Score 8.0/10

Ben, Worcester

+ Features such as built in digital. weight and size plus attractive appearance

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 24 Feb 2007

Score 10.0/10

Wendy, Bangor, NI

+ An ideal TV for any small room

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 07 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Its great!

- none that I can think of

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purchased 30 Nov 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ smart appaerance

- on/off button difficult to locate

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purchased 09 Jan 2007

Score 9.0/10

Malcolm, Norwich

+ Excellent picture quality.

- Price

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purchased 15 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

frederick, bampton.oxon

+ built in free tv stations

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 26 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

vic, isle of wight

+ excellent picture and sound

- none as far as i can see

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purchased 02 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

William, Church Stowe

+ beautifully clear picture

- switching on!

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purchased 08 Aug 2007

Score 7.0/10

Mary, Haywards Heath

+ Easy to use remote
Stylish design

- Colour (black). Would prefer silver

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purchased 27 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Trevor, Portadown

+ Very easy to install and set up. Picture quality is phenomonal. Best I've seen on this screen size.

- There is quite a delay from initially switching on before picture appears. Approx 7 seconds.Worth the wait though!

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purchased 19 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very good clear picture

- EPG is rather simplistic - while moving through grid there is no full display of what has been selected. When signal interrupted the rather large programme information appears.

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purchased 13 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great TV for the kitchen/bedroom.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 21 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

yussaf, newmalden

+ graet hd picture i.e ps3 games

- only 1 hdmi input.

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purchased 13 Sep 2007

Score 10.0/10

hugh, basingstoke

+ great picture and sound,good features

- none

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purchased 13 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Simple and good looking

- not many

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purchased 17 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

John, Mansfield, Notts

+ Fabulous picture and sound, a well made product.

- None

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purchased 14 Oct 2007

Score 9.0/10

Paul, Leeds

+ Good Sound, incredible connectivity, great design, looks fantastic, and a very good picture

- Price is high

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purchased 27 Dec 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good

- None

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purchased 28 Jan 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ picture quality, none reflective case, sound is very good for a small tv and it looks good even when it's not switched on

- sleep timer mode is a strangled route, should be a stand alone button on the remote control

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purchased 28 Jun 2007

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 20
Type of Screen LCD
HD TV HD Ready
HDMI Interface 1
Number of Scart Interfaces 2
Frequency (Hz) 50
Contrast Ratio (X:1) 1200
Screen Resolution (pixels) 768p
Response Time in ms 8
Reflection Angle 178
Screen Format 16:9
Brightness in Candela per square metre 450
PC Interface Yes
USB Port No
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) No
Picture in Picture (PIP) Yes
Energy Savings Trust Feature No
Weight (kg) 6
Height in mm 409
Width in mm 500
Depth in mm 209
Freeview Yes
FreeSat Tuner No
Sound System SRS TruSurround XT
Colour Silver
Release Date 1 Aug 2006
Release Date 10 Oct 2006
Release Date 1 Oct 2006

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Manufacturer's Description

  • 20" S-series BRAVIA LCD TV
  • Built-in Digital TV (MPEG 2) terrestrial tuner (also receives analogue)
  • High Performance 1-chip Video Processor
  • 3D Comb Filter
  • Virtual Dolby® Surround Sound
  • BBE technology for clear and easily audible sound
  • HD Ready
  • PIP Freeze to Pause Important Scenes on the Spot
  • High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™)
  • PC Input for use as a PC monitor
  • Compact and Slim Design
  • Non-Reflective coating on TV frames

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